Dîybôwn — H1769

Definition

locative proper noun

Dibon, the name of three places in Palestine

1. Dibon = "wasting"
2. a town in Moab on the east side of the Jordan which was taken over by the Israelites and rebuilt by the children of Gad
3. a place in south Judah reinhabited by the men of Judah after the return from captivity

Usually translated as

Dibon

Origin

or (shortened) Dîybôn; from H1727; pining

• Derived from Dûwb (H1727)

Occurrences

Dîybôwn occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (5), Joshua (2), Nehemiah (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (2)

• Numbers 21:30 — We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon (דִּיב֑וֹן), and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
• Numbers 32:3 — Ataroth, and Dibon (וְדִיבֹן֙), and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
• Numbers 32:34 — And the children of Gad built Dibon (דִּיבֹ֖ן), and Ataroth, and Aroer,
• Numbers 33:45 — And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad (בְּדִיבֹ֥ן).
• Numbers 33:46 — And they removed from Dibon-gad (מִדִּיבֹ֣ן), and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.
• Joshua 13:9 — From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon (דִּיבֽוֹן);
• Joshua 13:17 — Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon (דִּיבוֹן֙), and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
• Nehemiah 11:25 — And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon (וּבְדִיבֹן֙), and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
• Isaiah 15:2 — He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon (וְדִיבֹ֛ן), the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
• Jeremiah 48:18 — Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon (דִּיב֑וֹן), come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.
• Jeremiah 48:22 — And upon Dibon (דִּיב֣וֹן), and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,